Digital Island To Integrate its Footprint Content Delivery Network with Excite@Home`s High-Speed Network
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, 2001 - Digital Island, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISLD), a leading provider of managed Internet infrastructure, announced today a key alliance with Excite@Home (NASDAQ: ATHM), the leader in broadband, to improve the delivery of high-quality streamed audio and video to Excite@Home`s 3.2 million broadband subscribers.
Digital Island, which provides services to six of the 10 largest media and entertainment companies and other key content providers globally, will be able to directly connect its Footprint®content delivery network to Excite@Home`s state-of-the-art, total-IP backbone. The integration of Digital Island`s content delivery with Excite@Home`s backbone will enable Digital Island`s customers to speed content from their corporate Web sites to Excite@Home`s broadband subscribers.
"Digital Island and Excite@Home are working together to solve the Internet bottleneck that slows down the performance of video and audio content that broadband users want," said Hemant Vaidya, senior vice president and general manager of @Work, the commercial services division of Excite@Home. "This alliance creates a truly optimized broadband Internet experience. We look forward to working with Digital Island to further Excite@Home`s leading position in the broadband Internet marketplace."
As part of the agreement, Digital Island will deploy its Footprint servers to connect at key points on Excite@Home`s 15,000-mile network to increase the speed, performance and reliability of high-value content, using Digital Island`s patented Best Distributor Selection technology. Through this integration, Excite@Home will become part of Digital Island`s NextEdge™ program, which enables broadband networks and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to improve performance for their subscribers and achieve significant infrastructure cost savings due to reduced bandwidth usage.
"Excite@Home users are ideal candidates for the high-value, graphically-rich content that many Digital Island customers provide on their Web sites," said Tim Wilson, chief marketing officer at Digital Island "By linking our Footprint network with Excite@Home, we can help guarantee a great Web experience that extends from the home to the Web site and back again."
About Digital Island
Digital Island is the leading provider of managed Internet infrastructure for enterprises that need to give their customers a great Web experience in order to drive e-Business transactions. The company integrates managed hosting, content delivery and network services to bypass Internet congestion and guarantee fast and relevant interactions. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco, and its global e-Business delivery network reaches 35 countries. www.digitalisland.net
Important Notice
Digital Island and Footprint are registered trademarks and NextEdge is a trademark of Digital Island, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Excite@Home, @Home, @Work, Excite and the "@" stylized logo are trademarks of At Home Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
This press release contains information about the plans, objectives and expectations of the management of the Company that may constitute forward-looking statements. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, include but are not limited to: the operational difficulty of developing, deploying and delivering the Company`s complex range of products and services; the potential lack of market acceptance of such products and services; competition from presently existing and new competitors; the risks associated with international operations and expansion; delays in raising or the unavailability of additional capital to fund operating losses and capital investment, the possibility of decreased growth in demand for Internet services in general and other factors detailed in the Company`s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no duty to update information contained in this press release.
Note to Editors: Digital Island is a registered trademark of Digital Island, Inc
Media Contact at Digital Island:
David Radoff
415/738-4286
dradoff@digisle.net
Investor Relations Contact at Digital Island:
Traci McCarty
415/738-4146
tmccarty@digisle.net
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